Deirdra Harris Glover The Mississippi Institutes of Higher Learning accepted a letter of resignation from Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers. The resignation is effective November 1.<\/p>\n “We appreciate Dr. Meyers’ service to Jackson State University and wish her well in future endeavors,” said Commissioner of Higher Education Glenn Boyce via press release.<\/p>\n The Jackson State University National Alumni Association President Yolanda R. Owens echoed the sentiment.<\/p>\n \u201cUnder (Meyers\u2019) leadership, the University has experienced tremendous growth and further established itself as a diverse, technologically-advanced four-year university steeped in history and committed to preparing its students to become global leaders,\u201d said Owens in a press release.<\/p>\n An interim president has not been named. According to the Clarion-Ledger, likely candidates are Rod Paige, former U.S. secretary of education and JSU graduate; James Renick, former JSU provost; and Elayne Hayes-Anthony, dean of the JSU School of Journalism and Media Studies.<\/p>\n A timeline for the presidential search will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n “Students remain our top priority,” said Boyce. “We are confident that Jackson State will move forward and continue to be an excellent institution and source of pride for students,\u00a0faculty\u00a0and alumni.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deirdra Harris Glover Managing Editor\u00a0 Updated Oct. 26, 11:10 a.m. The Mississippi Institutes of Higher Learning accepted a letter of resignation from Jackson State University…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nUpdated Oct. 26, 11:10 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n